JOINER v. NEWBERG VENTURE

No. 94-1533.

657 So.2d 206 (1995)

Raymond JOINER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEWBERG VENTURE and the Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Cespiva, Alexandria, for Raymond Joiner.

Russell Louis Sylvester, Natchitoches, for Newberg Hardway.

Before LABORDE, THIBODEAUX and SAUNDERS, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

The employer in this workers' compensation case, Newberg Hardaway, Inc., appeals a judgment of the Office of Workers' Compensation which determined that Newberg unreasonably reclassified the plaintiff, Raymond Joiner's, temporary total disability benefits to supplemental earnings benefit and, consequently, awarded attorney's fees and penalties.

We affirm.

I.

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